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Jano
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.375 H&H scope mounts
#140536 - 14/08/09 12:24 AM

I am starting a custom 1908 Mauser action in .375 H&H caliber that I intend to use to hunt water buffalo and boar. For those reasons, I want interchangebles scopes, one will be 3-10x42 Kahles for long range shooting 235 grains at hogs and the other a 1,5-5x20 Leopold to shoot 300 grains full power loads for the buffalos. The problem is that the gunsmith advice me to install EAW mounts instead of Talley because the scope rings of Talley were not wide enough to avoid scope recoil overstress in a .375 rifle. Is that real? Shall I be worried about that? I consider the EAW mounts not only expensive but worst than that they were more high than I am used to. Salute.

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9.3x57
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Re: .375 H&H scope mounts [Re: Jano]
#140538 - 14/08/09 12:50 AM

I cannot comment on the Talley's but I have had a set of EAW mounts on my .375 H&H Mag for over 20 years and 2000+ rounds and they have held up perfectly. Personal taste, but I actually like the high mount and heads-up stance it allows.

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Re: .375 H&H scope mounts [Re: Jano]
#140539 - 14/08/09 12:56 AM

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"The problem is that the gunsmith advice me to install EAW mounts instead of Talley because the scope rings of Talley were not wide enough to avoid scope recoil overstress in a .375 rifle."

I'm not sure what is meant by "scope recoil overstress". If your gunsmith means that the rings are too narrow to prevent the scope from moving forward in the rings as a result of recoil, I think he is overly concerned. I use Griffin & Howe mounts on my .458 and .450 Watts, both of which have substantially more recoil than a .375, and have never experienced any problem. The G&H rings are quite narrow, even compared to the Talley ones.

Which EAW mount is your gunsmith referring to? In addition to the pivot mount, I believe EAW still makes a side mount. American pivot mounts are not known for their reliability in returning to zero after being removed and replaced, but the EAW system may be better. Of course, if you plan on sighting in each time you change scopes, then this would not be a problem.

New England Custom Guns markets both the EAW and Talley mounts in this country. You might email them and ask which they recommend for a rifle of your caliber. info@necgltd.com

I applaud your decision to use two scopes. Trying to make one scope do the work of two for the two very different types of hunting you describe would be a great mistake IMHO.

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9.3x57
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Re: .375 H&H scope mounts [Re: xausa]
#140541 - 14/08/09 01:02 AM

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American pivot mounts are not known for their reliability in returning to zero after being removed and replaced, but the EAW system may be better.

Bill, yes, they do. I have shot a number of tests with mine, removing and replacing the scope between shots. Holds zero very well. Mine is the top-swing mount.

I agree that the gunsmith is overly concerned. Set up right I have never heard of a complaint with Talleys and they seems to be a commonly used scope mount on such rifles.

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